Mark Somerville

Mark Somerville is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics at Olin College where he currently serves as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development at Olin. In this capacity, he led a complete re-design of Olin’s faculty hiring, faculty development, and faculty reappointment and promotion procedures. Mark is increasingly recognized as a thought leader for the transformation of engineering education. His short courses on educational change and curriculum design are regularly attended by hundreds of faculty from scores of institutions of higher learning around the globe. A Rhodes scholar, Mark received a dual degree in electrical engineering and English from the University of Texas at Austin, an MA in physics from Oxford, and MS & PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT. In 2014, he co-authored A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education with show host Dave Goldberg. He lives in Needham, MA with his wife and two children.